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Abstract

A silicon micromachined membrane deformable mirror with a diameter of 10 mm,
reflectivity of better than 99.8%, and a surface deflection range of 3μm has been used for intracavity control of an industrial 200-W cw
Nd:YAG laser. When it was placed in the resonator, the mirror demonstrated
continuous (more than 40-h) stable operation under an ∼550‐W cw optical load, with beam diameters in the range 3–6 mm.
Periodic modulation of the curvature of the deformable mirror with a frequency
of 250 Hz produced quick switching between stable and unstable
resonator configurations, which resulted in pulse-period Q-switched generation with average power in the range 50–200 W,
modulation depth from 95% to 10%, and an M2 parameter of 6.5 to 30.

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